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BEASTS, CLEAN
Symbolic of the superior emotions of the lower
nature, that is, emotions in the astral course of production which
are ready for transmutation.
“Thus in the living soul shall there be good beasts, in gentleness
of action, and good cattle, which neither if they eat, shall they
over-abound, nor if they do not eat, have they any want; and good
serpents, not destructive to do hurt, but wise' to take heed.
(Foot-note. In his De Gen. con. Manich. i. 20, Augustine interprets
the dominion given to man over the beasts, of his keeping in
subjection the passions of the soul, so as to attain true
happiness.) - AUGUSTINE, Confessions, p. 377.
"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the
male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean, two, the
male and his female." - GENESIS. vii. 2.
The "seven and seven clean beasts " signify the higher emotions and
aspirations which are to be established in the soul. These numbers 7
and 7 indicate perfection and completion, and correspond to the
"fruit of the Spirit" (GALATIANS v. 22). The "unclean beasts"
signify the pairs of opposites which are of the lower planes.
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